f [9] (29 September–29 September) (Rewards)
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Item paid to the <.>rle of Warwyckes players the xixth daye of Marche | xiij s. iiij d. |
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Item paid the xvth daye of Iune to the Quenes maiesties players | xx s. |
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Record title: Steward's Accounts
Repository: Southampton City Archives
Shelfmark: SC5/1/44
Repository location: Southampton
The cover identifies these as the accounts of steward William Jeffers for 4–5 Elizabeth. The accounts run from Michaelmas to Michaelmas and cover all areas of civic receipt and expenditure, from land rents to annual payments to civic officials, costs of construction and repair of town structures, and rewards to visiting performers. See the introduction to Thick (ed), Southampton Steward's Book, pp iii–xlvi. Thick's edition of the 1492–3 accounts includes full transcriptions of those documents, including records relating to drama and minstrelsy.
1562–3; English; paper; 15 leaves; 295mm x 200mm; unnumbered; good condition; original parchment cover.